 ... as many decimal places as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number of decimal places in the divisor, prefixing ciphers to the quotient, if necessary.  The New Elementary Arithmetic - Page 255by John Williston Cook, Nebraska Cropsey - 1899 - 308 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Arithmetic - 1882 - 526 pages
...dividend, when necessary, and divide as in integers. II. Point off as many decimal figures in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. a. Count decimal ciphers annexed to form a partial dividend, as decimal places of the given dividend.... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1882 - 224 pages
...how many decimal places will there be in the quotient? 210. PRINCIPLE. — The quotient iintt contain as many decimal places as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds those in the divisor. WRITTEN EXERCISES. « 211. 1. Divide .07245 by .23. PROCESS. ANALYSIS. — Since... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1883 - 282 pages
...97. PRINCIPLES. — 1. The dividend contains as many decimal places as both divisor and quotient. 2. The quotient contains as many decimal places as the...in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor. 3. Each removal of the decimal point one place to the left divides a decimal by 10. ART. 98. 1. To... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1883 - 348 pages
...tenths? Hundredths by tenths ? See Drill Table, page 269, 4O4. PRINCIPLE. — The quotient mus¿ contain as many decimal places as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds those in the divisor. The number of decimal places in the dividend must first be made equal to the... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1883 - 374 pages
...it contains as many decimal places as both divisor and quotient. Hence, 2. The quotient must contain as many decimal places as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds those in the divisor. ART. 125. 1. To divide one decimal by another: Rule. — Divide as in the division... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1883 - 180 pages
...tenths? Hundredths by hundredths ? Hundredths by tenths ? STATEMENT. — The quotient must contain as many decimal places as the number of decimal places in the dividend is greater than the number of decimal places in the divisor DRILL TABLE. 75. 1. Divide by 10, giving... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1883 - 186 pages
...tenths? Hundredths by hundredths ? Hundredths by tenths ? STATEMENT. — The quotient must contain as many decimal places as the number of decimal places in the dividend is greater than the number of decimal places in the divisor. DRILL TABLE. 75. 1. Divide by 10, giving... | |
 | George Soulé - Arithmetic - 1888 - 568 pages
...hence contains as many decimal places as both the divisor and quotient. 3°. The quotient must contain as many decimal places as the number of decimal places in the divit)enil exceeds the number in the divisor. 2. Divide 7898.50 by 2.4(58.3. OPERATION. 2.4083) 7898.5000... | |
 | Warren H. Sadler - 1888 - 426 pages
...Role. — Divide as in whole numbers; and from the right of the quotient point off as many figures as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number of decimal places in the divisor. NOTE 1. — If the quotient contains fewer figures than are to be... | |
 | John Homer French - Arithmetic - 1889 - 512 pages
...and to obtain the decimal part of the quotient, there must be as many decimal places in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds the number in the divisor (2C7, III, 3). Therefore, I first annex decimal ciphers to the dividend when necessary, and divide... | |
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